Instructional Books

“This book is designed to give a beginning student with no previous music experience the basics of harp playing. Through the use of color, this book will introduce and develop note-reading proficiency…” B. Mohr

A concise guide to writing for the harp for composers and arrangers as well as harpists. It includes an introduction to the basics of the pedal and lever harps basic scoring using arpeggios scales trills harmonics and glissandos pedal comprehension and special effects.

A handy booklet for any harpist with charts for keeping all the important information about your harp in order and in one place such as purchase history insurance repairs string inventory string purchases and replacements and transport history.

A practical guide to tuning the harp with explanations of the Pythagorean comma different types of tempered scales and the harmonic series. It concludes with a logical system for accurately tuning the harp.

Inglefield, R./Neill, L.A. - Writing for the Pedal Harp (2nd ed.) including demo CD. A "must have" reference for composers and harpists explains how to achieve and notate various effects on pedal harp.